Pieter Vermeulen teaches literary theory at the University of Leuven, Belgium.
This comprehensive account demonstrates how Hartman's commitment to the potency of aesthetic mediation informs a similar position in current debates about ethics, media, and memory. "Geoffrey Hartman: Romanticism after the Holocaust" offers the first comprehensive critical account of the work of the American literary critic Geoffrey Hartman.
An Object of Beauty: A Novel (Audiobook, MP3) 2010
This thoroughly engaging primer on the art world is unusual on a number of levels. Although the lead characters are unlikable, the novel is hard to put down, offers an enlightening explication of how the market for art is created, and includes photos and absorbing detail on many of the artworks under discussion. The narrator, Daniel Franks, is an arts journalist who relates the story of avaricious, amoral Lacey Yeager, who is willing to do almost anything to move ahead in the art world. After landing an entry-level job at Sotheby’s, where her stint cataloging dusty works in the basement helps develop her eye for good art, Lacey moves on to working in a gallery
Seasons of the Heart: Men and Women Talk About Love, Sex, and Romance After 60
Journalist Zenith Gross encourages readers to discover their own ways to express love, sensuality, and sexuality during the 20 to 40 years of life after they turn 60. Through her interviews with more than 300 men and women, she uncovers the elements of and barriers to happiness that cross ethnic, economic, religious, and cultural boundaries. This book helps dispel the myths of aging and illuminates how good romance - and sex - can be in later life.
A year after his previous encounter with the mummy, Gabe flies back to Egypt to attend the grand public opening of the pyramid Uncle Ben was excavating in the last book. Nila Rahmad, a reporter for the Cairo Sun, accompanies Uncle Ben as he opens the tomb. After finding a live mummy, Nila reveals that she is the mummy's sister and is over 4000 years old.
Hannah Fairchild is having a boring summer at home after all her friends leave town for the break. However, the day after having a horrifying dream about her room being on fire, she meets her new next door neighbor, Danny. While Hannah comes to believe that Danny is a ghost, he demonstrates to her that it is in fact she who is a ghost, having been killed in a fire five years prior.
